Business & People
Berkeley warns on dangers of ‘one of the world’s highest property tax regimes’
A "stable" few months in the London housing market has kept demand ticking over for the Berkeley Group, although its luxury properties are selling at the same rate as they were in the run up to the 2015 …
Heritage Alliance boss to step down in September
Kate Pugh OBE, Chief Executive of campaigning group the Heritage Alliance for the last 13 years, is stepping down from her role later this year
MIPIM Diaries #2: Nicky Richmond
The Budget did not go down well in Cannes, reports Brecher's Nicky Richmond in her latest missive from MIPIM...
Its like a stag party, said the client, but with business cards...
D&G brings in Tesco man to run finances
Douglas & Gordon has created a new Financial Director role, and recruited a former Tesco senior exec into the position.
Online agent markets Ben Wheatley’s ‘High Rise’ penthouse for £110,000
eMoov may not be everyone's cup of tea, but they do come up with some lovely clickbait marketing hooks..
Archant launches international property glossy
Regional publishing force Archant has decided to pump considerable resources into launching a quarterly global luxury property magazine, after spotting a "gap in the market".
In With A Shot: British Land to take on first ‘Instagrammer-in-Residence’
Clarges developer British Land has partnered up with IGersLondon, one of the city’s biggest Instagram communities, to launch a competition to find an in-house Instagrammer.
Top Surrey agents launch hybrid firm ‘in recognition of the changing face of estate agency’
Two of the Home Counties's most successful prime property agents have launched a new hybrid "estate agency hub" offering "the best of both" across the Surrey hills and Sussex borders
Humberts picks eight rising stars for inaugural leadership programme
Humberts has launched an internal training academy to create the next generation of the firm’s senior leaders.
Skype founder pumps £17m into P2P property finance platform
Skype founder Niklas Zennström has invested £17m into Christian Faes' peer-to-peer property lending firm LendInvest.
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Caan-backed luxury developer Sons & Co in management buyout
Sons & Co, the high-end resi property developer set up by brothers Alexander and Christian Stocker, along with Simon Roberts, has gone out on its own. The
Wandsworth Council bans ‘dominating’ estate agents’ boards
Estate agents now need to apply for permission to put up advertising boards in Putney, Balham, Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill (maps of affected streets below), after the council waged war on what i…